Table 1.

The frequency distribution of the patients in the two groups based on the qualitative demographic variables

Group variable	Experimental group		Control group		P-value*
	No.	%	No.	%
Gender
Male	23	20	28	24	0.526
Female	92	80	87	76
Marital status
Single	18	15.6	14	12.2	0.568
Married	97	84.4	101	87.8
Educational qualifications
Illiterate	6	5	5	4	0.849
Elementary and middle school	62	54	59	51
Diploma and higher degrees	47	41	51	44
Duration of diabetes (years)
< 2	15	13	21	18	0.547
2–4	51	44	47	41
> 4	49	42	47	41
Age (years)
< 30	8	7	9	8	0.947
31–49	48	42	46	40
> 50	59	51	60	52
BMI
Underweight	5	4	6	5	0.956
Normal	22	19	21	18
Overweight	52	45	49	43
Obese	36	32	39	34

Derived from Chi square